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ˈdog's-tongue
Also dog-.
[transl. L. cynoglossum (Pliny), Gr. κυνόγλωσσον (Dioscorides).]
1. The genus Cynoglossum of boraginaceous plants, esp. the common species C. officinale; also called Hound's-tongue. (From the shape of the leaves.)
1530Palsgr. 214/2 Doggestong or horehounde, an herbe. 1548Turner Names of Herbes, Cynaglossus the second of Plinie..called in englishe Houndes tong or dogs tonge. 1570Levins Manip. 167/12 Dogtong, cynoglossus. 1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 730 The stalks of Dogs-tongue, the powder of the right horn of a Hart. 1860Reade Cloister & H. xciv, His remedies were ‘womanish and weak’. Sage and wormwood..dog's-tongue, our Lady's mantle, feverfew, and Faith, and all in small quantities except the last.
†2. A king of flat-fish, prob. Platessa cynoglossus.
1611Cotgr., Pole, the Sole-fish called a Dog's-tongue, or kind foole. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. lx. (1737) 247 Dog's Tongue, or Kind-Fool. |